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Spending time in schools and classrooms can be one of the best ways for novice reporters to dive into the education beat, and for veterans to find fresh inspira...

For the new Frontline documentary, veteran education journalist John Merrow (Learning Matters) was granted unprecedented access to Michelle Rhee during her turb...

The Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Conn., the site of one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, is likely to remain closed indefinitely....

This report, produced jointly by Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board, offers a nationwide look at colleges’ use of online learning...

While many public schools offer bilingual classes, not much is written about what Catholic schools are doing. Some are beginning to implement programs that refl...

Would arming teachers and administrators improve safety at public schools, and potentially even mitigate tragedies like the Sandy Hook shootings, as a Texas con...

An elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. is at the center of a killing spree that led to 28 deaths...

Students in the U.S. scored above average compared to their international peers on math, science, and reading standardized tests that included over 50 countries...

To some students today, Sept. 11 is considered ancient history. So how are the events leading up to the United States entering World War II taught by schools, a...